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VOL XXI. LAURBNS, S O.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 23. 1906 NO. 4.2 SESSIONS COURT TOOKUP WEEK. All Motions for Now Trials Overruled. WALKER GETS 4 YE AUS After Due Consideration He Abandoned His Intention of Taking Appeal to the Supreme Court. Tho first week of the court of Gen eral Sessions and Common Pleas was a very busy one, the entire time being taken up with criminal business. The second week of court opened Monday mornin;; with common pleas causes. Two of the most important cases tried last week were those of the State against L. D. Walker, charged with murder, and John Q. Cole, et al., charged with assault and battery, in terfering with a peace officer in the discharge of his duty and carrying con cealed weapons. On Saturday morning counsel for L. D. Walker, who was tried last Tuesday on the charge of having killed John P. South and convicted of manslaughter, argued the motion for a new trial, So licitor Cooper replying for the State. Judge Dantzler overruled the motion, stating that Walker, in his opinion, had had a fair trial, and therefore he could not grant the motion. Walker was commanded to stand up and after being asked if he had any thing to say why sentence should not be passed on him to which he replied in the negative, the court sentenced him to serve a term in the State Penitentiary for a period of four years at such labor as he may be able to perform. Walker is not a strong man physi cally apparently and, besides he is suf fering from an injury on one of his hands received three weeks ago while at work in one of the cotton mills at Greenwood. At first it was the intention of Walker and his friends to appeal the case, through his counsel, to the supreme court, but it was announced Monday that this had been abandoned and Walker will be carried to Columbia at once to begin his sentence. Chas. Caldwell, colored, charged with murder, was acquitted. Thursday and a portion of Friday the court was engaged with the trial of the State vs. J. Q. Cole, L. W. C. B'm lock, R. R. Riddle and Pressly Mims, all of Goldville, who were charged un der one indictment with assault and battery, etc. The defense was repre sented by Ferguson & Featherstone, while W. R. Richey assisted the State in the prosecution. After remaining out about four hours the jury returned the following verdict: "Not guilty" as to L. W. C. Blalock; John Q. Cole, guilty of aggravated assault and bat tery and carrying concealed weapons; Pressly Mims,guilty of assault and bat tery and resisting peace officer; R. R. Riddle, guilty of carrying concealed weapons. Motion for a new trial was also refused in this case and the sen tences imposed were as follows: Cole, three months or a fine of $100, Riddle, thirty days or $50, Mims four months or $125. By agreement the fine of Mims was reduced to $100. In each case the fines were paid. This case grew out of an attempt by Deputy Sheriff Arnold of the Lydia Mill, Clinton, to arrest at Goldville Vaudie and Kit Mims, mill operatives at the Banna cotton mill, located in the town of Goldville. Arnold was accom panied to Goldville by several persons from the Lydia mill village. In endeav oring to effect the arrest of the Mims boys, in a field near the Goldville mill village, the arresting party fired sev eral shots, not at the defendants, but simply to make them give up. This con duct frightened the women and children and enraged some of the citizens, in cluding those named in the indictment, who sought to drive the Clinton party out of town,after rescuing Vaudie Mims, who had been placed under arrest. Cole and others assaulted Arnold and as the party was driving away from the scene several shots were fired at them by the Goldville party. In the testimony it was shown that Mr. Blalobk had no pistol and that he did all he could to prevent a clash. This all took place on Sunday morn ing, Feb. 25, this year. Friday afternoon Vaudie and Kit Mims were convicted of assault and battery,as to Vaudie and simple assault as to Kit. They were charged with assaulting a Mr. Cothran and family, mill operatives at Lvdia Mill, on Saturday night, Feb. 24, or the night before their arrest was at tempted at Goldville, out of which grew the trouble between Arnold's posse and the Goldville crowd. Vaudie Mims was sentenced to 30 days on chningang or pay a fine of $30; Kit 15 days or $15. Both paid. Clinton Personals. Clinton, May 22.-Mr. and Mrs. W. M. McCaalan, Miss Emily Wataon and Mrs. M. P. Kennedy are visiting friends in Greenville during the General Assem bly. Miss Julia Gilkerson of Laurens at tended the luncheon given by Mrs. W. J. Bailey on Saturday morning to jnty of her young lady friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Copeland spent several days of hujt week in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Todd returned on Friday from a week's stay in Atlanta. The commencement exercises of the Presbyterian College will begin on Sun day, June 3rd, with the baccalaureate ?ermon by Dr. James Thornwell. Mr. F. M. Smith of Union spent Sunday in the city. Mr. M. T. Chancey of Gray Court was in the city yesterday. Misses Jennie and Lutic Young are at home from Chicora College. Mr. J. R. McGhee of the Greenwood Index was in the city Monday. The Farmers' Union will meet at Oak Grove Friday night, May 25. Messrs. M. A. Riddle and T. S. Boyd of Waterloo were in town yesterday. Messrs. Charles and James Scott of Greenville county were in the city Sat urday. Mrs. B. S. Guionof Charlotte is spend ing some time with her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Haskell, Jr. Mr. Dudley Young of the Marion Mil itary Institute, Marion, Ala., is at home for the summer vacation. Messrs. Frank Smith and Clyde Ray were among the Laurens contingent at the Reunion in Columbia. Capt. and Mrs. A. B. Byrd of Belton spent last week in the city and county, visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wells Todd went to Greenville yesterday to attend the ses sions of the Presbyterian Assembly. Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Ketron of West minister are expected to arrive in the city to-day to visit Mrs. Ketron's par ents, Judge and Mrs. John M. Clardy. TO MAKE A TOWN GROW. A Set of Rules Whereby Efficacy is Guaranteed. S. A. Fishburn, secretary of the Commercial Club, of Dallas, Texas, has prepared a set of rules for making a town grow. He guarantees their effi cacy. Here they arc: 1. Join no organization looking to the upbuilding of your town. This will prove an encouragement to those who give their time and money to sustain such organizations. 2. Impugn the motives of those who join and charge them with a desire to advertise themselves. This inspires pa triotic men to work all the harder for the public good. 3. Pour cold water on every new home enterprise, predict its early fail ure, and contribute to that end by pa tronizing its rivals in other towns. This will encourage others to put their money in home enterprises. 4. When a committee calls on you for a contribution to any good cause, act as a sore headed bear, and yield up what you do give as begrudgingly as possible. This lightens the burdens of the committcemen and sends them on their way rejoicing in their work of love. 5. When strangers visit your town let them wonder around alone and en lighten themselves by reading the signs and pumping the professional loafer. They will carry away a delightful re membrance of their visit and advertise the town wherever they go. 6. "Cuss out" your public officials (to their back of course) and accuse them of everything from petty larceny to high treason, no matter whether you can substantiate your charges or not. This will prove a keen incentive to the complete fulfillment of their official ob ligations. 7. Whenever your town papers <'iffer in the slightest with your ideas of pub lic policy, declare they have been bought up and promptly cut off your patronage. The editor will turn the other cheek and redouble his efTo/ts in behalf of the town and its "good peo ple." 8. Oppose any enterprise whicn is not in exact accordance with your own ideas. This will be conducive to that spirit of concession and unity which i.s necessary to it. 9. Give sparingly if at all to move ments for the general good of the town oven if you are the largest property owner in it. This will spur on to greater exertions the public spirited citizens your town now has and induce the com ing of others. 10. Observe these rules closely and there can be no doubt about the growth of your town. It will grow and con tinue to grow?up in weeds ? until it shall ultimately become a fit habitation for bats and owls. We believe that some of our people already understand and employ the principles here formulated but they are not enough to make the system com pletely effective. A wider employment of'the rides will accomplish something definite. Now is the time to organize. ?Charleston Post. ? OUR SPECIAL NOTICES. DON'T FAIL?To see our line of port able and traction Engines. Hudgens Bros. Laurens, S. C. 83 if NOTICE Dr. B. F. Godfrey will, when possible, be in his office over Hop kins' store, from 2 to 4 o'clock, p. m., every day except Sunday, instead of only two days in the week. 42-lt ENGINES - We now carry in stock a full line of Portable and Traction En gines, also Threshers. Hudgcns Bros. Laurens, S. C. 83 t f. ' SAW MILLS If you want a Saw Mill get our price before you buy. Hudgens Bros. Laurens, S. C. 3o tf FOR SALE- Siding, Flooring, Ceil ing, Shingles, rough lumber, etc. See me before buying elsewhere. C. II. Duckett or Toy Garrctt, at Hunter's Btoro, Laurens, S. C. 39-tf FOR SALE?I have a quantity of the cHfhrated Unknown pea for sau?. M. H. Fowler, Laurens, S. C. 42-lt CONFERENCE HAS BEEN ARRANGED Representatives of Railroads and Colum bia Traffic Committee will meet with the Citizens of Laurcns Monday. Through the efforts of Dr. H. K. Aiken, representing the Citizen's Com mittee of Laurcns there will be a meet ing held at the city opera house next Monday, May 28 which, no doubt, will b? attended by all the merchants, shippers and business men generally of Laurcns, as many matters affecting the growth and interests of this city are to come up for consideration and discussion. One of these is the matter of securing bet ter mail facilities for Laurens. Mr. G. G. Lynch, general superin tendent of the Charleston & Western Carolina railroad, Mr. F. H. McMaster representing the Traffic Committee of Columbia, and the board of South Caro lina Railroad Commissioners, consisting of Chairman John H. Wharton, Col. Banks L. Caughman and Major John H. Earle, have accepted invitations to be present at this meeting. The aim of the meeting will be to show in the most convincing and con clusive manner possible the absolute necessity of some changes in railroad schedules that will give this city im proved mail facilities, etc. This is the purpose of the meeting. Let it be your special business to attend. The meeting will be held in the opera house Monday. Information as to the exact hour for the conference will be given in ample time. A PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY. Rev. W. F. Junkin of China Preached at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. W. F. Junkin, native of Texas who has been in China as a missionary for the past nine years, and who is at tending the Presbyterian General As sembly in Greenville, preached at the morning and evening services Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church here, delivering most excellent discourses in which he described conditions in China and told of the progress that is being made in evangelizing that great nation. Mr. Junkin expects to return to China this Summer, being located at Suchein, 300 miles inland from Shanghai. While in the city he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. C. Fleming. He returned to Greenville Monday morning. Destructive Fire at Ura. At Ora, six miles north of Laurens, the residence of Mr. Wm. E. McClin tock, son of Capt. W. A. McClintock of the same town, was completely destroy ed by fire at one o'clock Monday night. The fire seems to have originated in the upper part of the house but when dis covered it had gained such headway that Mr. and Mrs. McClintock had only time to make their escape from the building, being unable to save anything. Mr. McClintock's loss is probably a thousand or twelve hundred dollars, with no insurance. Cole Point Negro's Narrow Escape. William Calhoun, colored, of Cole Point, this county, fell from a passen ger coach of a mixed train on the Char leston & Western Carolina railroad late Saturday night in this city as the train was hacking over the Spartanburg tres tle, and in addition to breaking one of his arms he was otherwise considerably bruised up. The marvei is that he was not more seriously injured or killed outright. He was picked up by the train crew and the road's local physi cian was called at once to attend the man. Winthrop College Farm. During our stay in Rock Hill last Thursday we had the pleasure of look ing over the Winthrop College farm under the guidance of our friend H. B. Buist who manages it and has charge of the college grounds. The farm is woith seeing. Originally an old field of gullies and plum thickets it is now a model. It contains 144 acres devoted to raising food supplies for the college. Fifty-five good cows supply the college with 2,500 gallons of milk and from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds of butter per month. All the fresh beef and pork used at the college goes from this farm which supplies about 8,000 pounds of beef and from 2,000 to 3,000 of pork when in season per month. The cattle are bought and fattened upon the place and the hogs arc raised upon skim milk from the dairy. In season about 200 quarts of straw berries are furnished from the farm each day. The value of supplies furnished ranges from $1,200 to $1,400 per annum. They arc vaiued at wholesale and in that way all expenses are paid and a profit left. Mr. Buist runs everything systematic ally and is the right man for the re sponsible place. ? Editor Hemphill in the Abbeville Medium. Afraid of Dispcm To us, nothing has illustrated the sad bondage of South Carolina, to the dis pensary issue or the liquor question, as the recent session of the State Demo cratic convention. This question sealed the mouths of the representatives of the party which controls without opposi tion the destinies of the commonwealth. No man dared speak on that issue, and because the dispensary could not be dis cussed nothing was endorsed. If we were" to depend upon the expression of those Democrats assembled in conven tion, for our conception of what the Democratic party in South Carolina stands for, we would be woefully in the dark. -Spartanburg Herald. A NEQRO HOMICIDE. Douglas Moore Slain on Sunday by Berry Finley. At a negro celebration at White Plains Church, near Boyd's Cross Roads, six miles south of this city, Douglas Moore was shot and instantly killed by Berry Finley, about one o'clock Sunday afternoon. The sheriff was notified of tho killing and at once proceeded to Cole Point where Finley was arrested at his home late in the afternoon and brought to jail. It seems that Moore and Finley had a misunderstanding about the manage ment of a soda water stand. Moore is said to have been the aggressor and af ter striking Finley in the face drew his pistol and fired twice, whereupon Finley pulled a 38 Colt's magazine revolver and killed his man on the spot, shooting him twice, once, it is said, after Moore fell on the ground dying. Moore was a son of Chris Moore and lived on Mr. W. P. Brown's plantation. Finley is a son of Chess Finley of the Madden section ?f the county. COLUMBIA REUNION CITY. Veterans Enthusiastic Over the Capital City's Hospitality. Columbia, May 18.?The reunion con vention closed today with a hurrah and an enthusiastic vote of thanks for Co lumbia and her citizens and a unanim ous vote to come back here for the next reunion. There was no restraining the old vets in their enthusiasm for the course and the thing was carried with a whoop and a burr ah and various and sundry rebel yells. Division commander Thomas W. Car wile took occasion to urge upon all the importance of each camp in the future sending in a list of those who should be entertained free so as to avoid confu- i sion. And yet in spite of neglect along this line not a hitch has occurred, so generously did Columbia provide for the coming of the veterans. None have gone hungry and none have been without quiet and comfortable sleeping quarters. About forty slept, in the big tent last night but there were 150 blankets unused and tent room a plenty on the other side of the grounds. An earnest plea was also made at the convention today for better preserved records. Every veteran was urged to at once write his war experience in his own way when he gets home and after filing a copy with his camp turn over a copy to his family as the "Thin gray line" is more rapidly thinning each year. The- announcement that the veterans were invited to attend a re ception at the governor's mansion this afternoon was received with applause, and several were on their feet at one time saying that Hey ward should be nominated for a third term as gov ernor. Among tho most enthusiastic members of the convention about the royal treatment received in Columbia were those from the Augusta ('amp. General Carwile was re-elected com mander and Gens. Zimmerman Davis and B. IL Tengue were chosen heads of the first and second brigades, re spectively. WATERLOO HIGH SCHOOL Closes Friday, Jnue 1st, With Speaking and a Big Picnic. The present session of the Waterloo High School will come to a close Friday, June 1st. Mr. G. H. Ligon, principal of tho school, was in town Saturday and stated to a representative of THE ADVERTISER that he would close his school with an all-day picnic, which will take place at Waterloo on the 1st day of June. Several speakers will be on hand, a picnic dinner will be served and in the afternoon a game of ball will be played. Death of an Aged Lady. 4 Pea Ridge, May 19.? Mrs. Docia Blakely died at her home May 15th, af ter a short illness, and was laid to rest at Rocky Spring cemetery on the fol lowing day. The deceased was eighty five years old. Mrs. Mattie Lindsey and children, of Ora, visited at Mrs. Sloan's last week. Misses Ola and Ella Belle Blakely visited Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hill last Monday. Messrs. Leese Cunningham, T. R. Blakely and others from this neighbor hood attended the soldiers' reunion at Columbia last week. All report a pleasant time. Veteran Died on Street Car. Columbia, May 17. ?W. J. Boon, a veteran attending the re-union from Camden, suffered a hemorrhage of the lungs while riding on a street car this afternoon, and died immediately on being carried to his tent on the cnpitol grounds, where medical assistance was rendered from a hospital tent provided for such cases. Mr. Boon was a survi vor of tho Second South Carolina regi ment in the company under Capt. Halle. Senate For Oov. Heyward. The State convention was unanimous on at least two resolutions, one of them endorsing the course of Senator Tlllman in the United States Senate and the other praising the administration of Governor Hcyward. The latter is a public official of too fine a caste to be allowed to drop out of office. The Sen ate is the place for him. He and Sen ator Tillman would take good care of the interest of South Carolina in nation al affairs.?Greenville News. We now have in stock a new line of Graphophone Records consisting of the latest songs and band pieces. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES City Schools Close Friday?Hon. T. 0. McLeod to Deliver Address. The closing exercises of the Laurens City Schools will take place in the graded school building at 11 o'clock Friday morning. The graduating class consists of four girls and four boys, Samuel Olynthua Fleming being the valedictorian of the class. The address of the occaaion will be delivered by the Hon. Thos. G. McLeod, State senator from Lee county. HON. W. C. IRBY, JR., FOR CONGRESS. Young Legislator* Ambitious to Repre sent Fourth Congressional District. The Hon. W. C. Irby, Jr., will be a candidate this summer for the Demo cratic nomination for a seat in the United States Congress to succeed the Hon. Joseph T. Johnson. Mr. Irby is twenty-seven years old, and has served two terms in the legis lature. He announces that he will make his campaign on the platform embodied in the resolutions which were endorsed by the Laurens County Democratic con vention held here May 7th. The reso lutions were published in full in THE Advektiskk, hence our readers are fa miliar with them. The Hon. G. Heyward Mahon, of Greenville, is also a candidate, and the indications are that the race will be a spirited one. GOOD FOR CLINTON. Citizens Name Committee on Hospitality During Commencement Week. Clinton, May 21?At a meeting of the citizens of Clinton, Friday May 18, a Committee on Public Hospitality was appointed, in view of the approaching Commencement of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. This com mittee wai assigned the duty of secur ing free entertainment for all visitors to the town during the Commencement occasion, of making all possible provi sions for rendering their stay in the town a pleasant one, and of advertis ing to the public that Clinton is proud of her College, and is anxious for all to come and help to celebrate this Com mencement. All are cordially invited, and the committee will be glad to pro vide entertainment for such as may notify beforehand their Chairman, Rev. J. B. Parrott, or their Secretary, Mr. A. E. Spencer. The Commencement exercises will last from June 3rd to June 6th. Winthrop College Commencement. The commencement exercises of Winthrop Normal and Industrial Col lege will take place June 3-5 inclusive. On Sunday June 3rd, Rev. Geo. B. Eager, D. D. of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville Ky. will preach the baccalaureate sermon. On Monday June 4th at 8;30 p. m. the Carnegie Library will be dedicated. On Tuesday June 6th, Dr. David M. Ram sey of Charleston will deliver an ad dress before the graduating class which consists of sixty members fifty of whom will take the A. B. degree and two the L. I. degree. Secretary Brooks Swygcrt. Mr. Brooks Swygert has been elected secretary and treasurer of the Laurens Furniture M'f'g Co. by the board of directors. Mr. Swygert. is a fine office man and an expert bookkeeper, who has had much experience in the whole sale business since coming to Laurens several years ago. The directors of the Furniture plant are to be congratulated upon securing Mr. Swygert for this important position. Teachers Examination. The regular spring examination for teachers was held Friday by County Superintendent of Education R. W. Nash, Prof. W. P. Culbertson of Mount ville and Mr. R. E. Babb, composing the county board of education. There were six white and fifteen col ored applicants for certificates to take the examination. Gubernatorial Candidates. Hon. Richard I. Manning of Sumtcr, Lieut. Gov. John T. Sloan of Columbia, and Hon. Cole L. Bleasc of Newberry, have filed their pledges with Gen. Wilie Jones, chairman of the State Executive committee, and formally announced themselves as candidates for governor of South Carolina. Death of William Davis. Mr. William Davis, aged eighty-seven, died at the home of his son, Mr. J. M. Davis, near Mt. Hethel last Tuesday. He was a native of Abbeville county, and his remnins were taken back to Turkey Creek church for burial. Ten to Three. The Watts Mills base ball team de feated a team from the Mollohon Mill, Newberry, Saturday afternoon on the local diamond by a score of 10 to 3. Have you pains in the back, inflam mation of any kind, rheumatism, faint ing spells, indigestion or constipation, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes you well, keeps you w?ll. 3fi cents, Ask your druggist. The dispensary board have decided to re-arrange the salary list, of county dis pensers, placing the s.ilarv rollon a "merit system' -that is paying in pro portion to the business done. Col. Jno. C. Haskell and Mr. F. H. Weston are the candidates for the Sen ate in Richlind county?the former be ing against the dispensary, the latter for il. CLINTON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT. The Twciity-sixlh Annual Commencement Exercises of the Presbyterian Col* lege of South Carolina. The faculty and graduating class of the Presbyterian College of South Car olinu, located at Clinton, have issued engraved invitations to the commence ment exercises of the college from June 3rd to the 6th. The following iB the program: Sunday, June 3rd, Baccalaureate ser mon, Rev. J. H. Thornwell, D.D. Ft. Mill, S. C, 11.00 a. m. Sermon before Y. M. C. A., Rev. J. M. Holliday, Manning, S. C, 8.30 p. m. Monday, June 4th?Meeting of Exec utive Committee of Board of Trustees, 3.30 p. m. Debaters' contest, 8.30 p. m. Tuesday, June 5th?Annual meeting of Board of Trustees, 9.00 a. m. 8.30 p. m.?Alumni Address, Jas. H. Thornwell, Jr., Winnsboro, S. C. Declaimers' contest. Wednesday, June6, 10.30 a. m.?Com mencement: Graduating exercises, de livering of medals, confering degrees. The graduating class consists of Misses Marion McCrary, Clinton; Eliz abeth Horton, Clinton; Messrs. Richard T. Fewell, Rock Hill; Jas. D. Fulp, Fort Mill; J. Ed. Wallace, Sale Creek, Tenn.; Spurgeon W. Sumercl, Clinton; L. St. Clair Hays, Clinton. Fire at Owings Station. On Saturday night, May 12, the same night that Mr. W. F. Medlock lost his home by lire, the residence of Mr. Robt. Moore of Owings Station was burned, togethei with all his furniture and household goods. Mr. Moore and fam ily were absent from home at the time of the fire which occurred late at night There was $575 insurance on the house and furniture, less than half their value. Will Repair State House. Columbia, M?y 17- ?The State House commission has awarded the contract of putting a new roof on the Capitol building, the Lidibisy Tiling Company, of Savannah, getting the work in a contest with less than half a dozen oth ers. The contract for re-enforcing the roof girders was also awarded, the Jef fords Company, of this city, getting this. Mortgage For $200,000,000. The largest mortgage ever seen in Charleston was filed yesterday in the office of the registrar of mesne convey ance to be recorded. The mortgage is given by the Southern Railway Com pany, of Virginia, to the Standard Trust Company of New York, as trust ee, anc is for $200,000,000. The mort gage is in book form and covers 147 printed pages aud contains 40,500 words. The mortgage is given to secure bonds and covers property owned or controlled or operated by the Southern Railway, from the city of Richmond, in in the State of Virginia, and the city of Washington, District of Columbia, into and through the States of Virginia North Carolina, South Carolina, Geo rgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Indian Territory and other States.?News and Courier, May 18. MONUMENT TO THE LIVING Strange Ceremony in Commemoration of a Marlboro Couple. The newspapers of the State have ob tained a curious bit of news about Mr. and Mrs Joel Covington of Hebron, Marlboro county. It related to the dedi cation of the tombs of this couple, with an address by a man and memorial essays by two young women. This is not a new idea altogether. The address and dedication part may be, but the other part is not. Numbers of people have been known to prepare their own tombs in which they were to be buried. The writer remembers well vis iting when a boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Wells, near Chappells, in this county,and seeing their tombs or graves in the family graveyard in sight of the home. The graves had been cut in solid rock about as deep as the ordin ary grave. The rock was on the surface of the earth, another rock was there to fit down into this, leaveng space for the coffin. Our recollection is that the graves were not made on the spot, but a distance and transported there. They remained in the graveyard several years before they were needed. The burial consisting of placing the coffin in the rock, then fitting the other rock over it and sealing it up. Col. Ciint Ward of Wards, Edgefield county, had his monument and that of his wife prepared and erected in their family burying ground years before his death. They had handsome marble monuments, his being surmounted by a marble statue of himself that was a striking likeness. - Newberry Observer. The tenth annual commencement of Clemson College will take place June 10th to 12th. The baccalaureate ser mon will be preached by tho Rev. J. Y. Fair, I), I)., and the address to the graduating class will be delivered by Dr. E. B. Craighead, formerly presi dent of Clemson, now nt the head of Tulane University, New Orleans. Win. T. Spaith, who is charged with robbing Rlngling's circus of $30,000 at Tarboro, N. C, two years ago, was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday and was carried back to North Carolina for trial. Be sure to aco tho useful articles in Glassware, Chinaware and many other articles on our ten cents counter that arc worth 15 and 20 cents. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. I LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. | Remember the opera house meeting takes place Monday. The public is cordially invited to at tend the commencement exercises of the City Schools, Friday morning at 11 o'clock. It will be a good time for Laurens citizens to show up strong at the meet ing to be held in the city opera house next Monday. Col. T. B. Crews, Capt. T. J. Duck ett and Mr. Sim Ray were among the veterans who attended the confederate reunion in Columbia. Mr. C. W. McCravy has returned from the Union Protestant Infirmary, Baltimore, Md., where he went six weeks ago for surgical treatment. Mr. J. P. Saxon of Huntington at tended the sessions of the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church in Greenville for a few days last week. Hon. W. C. Irby, Jr. and Mr. Ryland Traynham attended the school picnic at Columbia Church, Greenville county, last Saturday. Mr. Irby made an ad dress. Dr. W. H. Dial, Messrs. J. H. Peter son, M. L. Nash of Laurens, J. Y. Bry son of Ora and Dr. J. R. Culbertson of Owings Station are in Sumter this week attending the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Mr. N. D. Franks, formerly of Lau rens, now of Greers, Greenville County, who always remembers that tne latch string to THE Advhrtiskr office hangs on the outside, gave us a pleasant call Friday while in the city. He visited relatives and friends in and around Laurens during the past week. Rev. E. C. Watson, Rev. M. C. Compton of Laurens, Rev. J. T. Taylor of Wares Shoals and Rev. J. D. Ham mett of Enoree, who attended the Southern Baptist Convention returned from Chntanooga last Wednesday, having stopped over in Atlanta for a day on the return trip. Building and Loan Association. A short time ago notice to effect that the Laurens Building and Loan Associa tion was about to be organized with a capital of $50,000. This was good but before the day arrived for organization the capital had been considerably over subscribed and then it became neces sary to apply for another commission, fixing the capital at $100,000, or double the amount of the first commission. Laurens is coming to the front every day, no mistake about that. Hollingsworth Twins at Opera House. The Hollingsworth Twins and their company played Monday and Tuesday nights to well filled houses. This after noon at 2:30 o'clock they will give a Matinee performance, and tonight will complete their engagement here. They will not be here Thursday, Friday and Saturday as at first advertised. Bishop Capers to I'rcach. Bishop Ellison Capers will visit Lau rens next Wednesday, May 30, for the purpose of holding divine services at the Church of the Epiphany, at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday evening. LEFT HANDSOME BEQUEST. Thornwell Orphanage to Get Some $15, 000 From Estate of Dr. Pelham. It is stated that Dr. James Wardlaw Pelham, who died recently in Ashville, left an estate of some $15,000, which all goes to Thornwell Orphanage at Clin ton after the payment of the cost of the erection of a monument to ins fa ther and mother.? Newberry Herald and News. Rural Letter Carriers' Notice. The R. F. D. Carriers association of Laurens County will meet at 3:00 p. m. May 30th. This being a legal holiday it is hoped that every carrier in the coun ty will be present whether a member of the association or not, as some im portant matters will come up of inter est to all carriers. S. G. McDaniei., Pros't. For County Supervisor. I'hereby announce myself to the vot ers of Laurens County as a candidate for the office of county supervisor sub ject to the result of the Democratic Primary election. John D. Mills, HARRIS SPRINGS OPENS JUNE ISTH. W. C. Wharlon Will Have Management of the Hotel. A dispatch from Harris Springs to the Spartunburg Herald says: "Some extensive improvements are brin>: made for the formal opening of the hotel hero on June 15. Guests how over can be taken care of about June 1. Mr. W. C. Pettus, secretary and treas urer of the Harris Springs Company, will have the hotel in charge. Mr. W. C. Wharton, formerly manager of White Stone Springs, will be manager of the hotel and he will have a number of able assistants associated with him. "Mr. J. Casper Smith for a number of years traveling representative of the Harris Springs Company, has given up his position and wili devote his entire time to farming. "Mr. Ruf us Wilcutt of Cross Hill will have charge of the Harris Springs hack line this season. Mr. Wilcutt has bought a number of new horses for this work and is having his hacks and bug gies thoroughly overhauled." The Camden dispensary has been closed pending an investigation into its condition. It is said the shortage is $1,400, but no authoritative statement has yet been made. POWER TURNED ON AT WARESMOALS Cotton Mill Soon to be in Operation. CAPITAL OF $1,000,000. What Money, Brains and Work Have Ac complished'-Many Obstacles Over come"-Fine Manufacturing Plant. Mr. N. B. Dial, president of tho Ware Shoals Manufacturing company, informs us that the power has been turned on at the Shoals and that the dynamos have been running since Sat urday. All the machinery has been placed and everything is in readiness to start the cotton mill up now. The Ware Shoals Manufacturing com pany has a capital of $1,000,000. In addition to developing one of the finest water powers in the entire Piedmont belt of South Carolina, a magnificent 25,000 spindle mill has been constructed, a model and flourishing town built up, that, too, four miles from the nearest railway station, although a road has been graded almost to the mill from Barmores on the Southern and it will soon be put in operation. President Dial and his co-workers have had a long pull, for it is now about four years since dirt was first broken, and it must be remembered that the start had to be made from the stump and all material that could not be ob tained in and about the Shoals had to be hauled from the nearest railroad sta tion,- a distance of four miles. The development of this fine manu facturing enterprise is a great boon to that section of this county and Green wood. THREE NEW BISHOPS ELECTED. Dr. Seth Ward, Dr. John J. Tigert and Dr. James Atkins. Birmingham, Ala., May 17' ? After a day of exciting balloting at the Metho dist Episcopal General Conference, which continued up to 10.30 o'clock to night, the following three new bishops were elected: Dr. Seth Ward, assistant missionary secretary of the church. Dr. John J. Tigert, book editor. Dr. James Atkins, Sunday school edi tor. Dr. Tigert was elected on the first ballot, Dr. Ward on the third and Dr. Atkins on the twelfth. Dr. J. J. Tigert was born in Louis ville, Ky., November 25th, 1850. He graduated from Vanderbilt University and from the Southern Baptist Theolog ical Seminary at Louisville. He was licensed to preach in 1S75. He received his degree of L. L. I), from the Univer sity of Missouri. Dr. James Atkins was born in Knox ville, Tonn., April 18th, 1850. He re ceived his education in Tennessee schools, and was licensed to preach in 1870. He has been president of two Methodist, schools, is the originator of the Bible Teachers' Study circle, and is author of several books. Dr. Seth Ward was born in Leon county, Tex., November 1st, 1858. His boyhood days were spent on a Texas farm. He received the degree of 1). D, from Southwestern University. Ho was a member of the ecumenical eon- I ference in 1901, and has filled numerous appointments, his present position be ing assistant secretary of the Board of Missions. STATE SUMMER SCHOOL. Hon. 0. B. Martin, State Superintendent of Education, Announces Faculty. Hon. O. B, Martin, state superin tendent of education, lias sent to this office announcements with reference to the state summer school for teachers, which will be held at Rock Hill this year from dune 20th to July 18th in clusive. Mr. Martin will be superin tendent of the summer school, with Dr. 1). B. Johnson as associate, and W. 11. Barton, assistant. The lectures on pedogogy and educa tion will bo by Dr. Preston Search of Ohio and Dr. C. B. Gilbert oi New York. The Instructors in the different de partments will be as follows: Prof. Patterson Wardjaw, University of South Carolina, pedagogy. Supt. E. L. Hughes, Greenville city schools, illustrative geography; assist ant, Miss Agnes Deal. Dr. James P. Kinard, Winthrop Col lege, grammar. Prot. E. E. Utterback, Atlanta city schools, drawing. I {Dr. A. L. Manchester, Converse Col lege, mu.de. Prof. A. G. Rombert, WofTord Col lege, Latin. Prof. M. 1). Karle, Furman Univer sity, algebra and geometry, Supt. s. 11. Edmunds, Sumtcr city schools, composition and rhetoric. Prof. 1). W. Nance, Clemson College, English and American literature. Prof. C. B. Waller. Wofford College, arithmetic and trigonometry Prof. J. S. Jennings, Greenville Fe male College, natural study and agri culture. Prof. W. H. Morton, Converse Col lege, physics. Prof. W. S. Morrison, Clemson Col lege, history. Miss Mary F. WicklifiV, Winthrop College, manual training. Miss Margaret H. Puryear, Augusta city schools primary methods. Miss Catherine Mulligan, Winthrop College, domestic science. Miss Minnie Mac feat, Winthrop Col lego, kindergarten. Miss Martha G. Powell, Winthrop College, reading and expression. Miss Ida DaCUS, Winthrop College, libraiy methods. A good cooking stove made of the best quality of Iron and so constructed that it will not consume much wood and cook quick is the kind you want, that is what you got if yo\i buy a Bucks from, S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co.